tailieunhanh - Language exposure and subject familiarity as correlates of senior secondary school students’ achievement in narrative writing

The study tested three null hypotheses and a total of 350 participants were randomly selected from four senior secondary schools in Ibadan North Local Government Area, Nigeria. Data was collected using two research instruments and the results showed a positive non-significant relationship between the independent variables and students’ achievement in narrative essay. | Language exposure and subject familiarity as correlates of senior secondary school students achievement in narrative writing Vol. 7 2020 A new decade for social changes ISSN 2668-7798 9 772668 779000 Technium Social Sciences Journal Vol. 7 98-106 May 2020 ISSN 2668-7798 Language exposure and subject familiarity as correlates of senior secondary school students achievement in narrative writing Oladotun Opeoluwa Olagbaju1 Nurudeen Oluwaseun Jimoh2 Department of Linguistic Education College of Education and Social Sciences Legacy University of Gambia1 Department of English and Language Arts - American International Academy Burundi2 dotunolagbaju@ jimohnurudeen1256@ Abstract. Narrative writing is often an option in English composition examination especially in WAEC NECO conducted English language Paper 1. Performance in essay writing has been found to determine the overall success in English language. Efforts to improve students performance in the subject have largely focused on instructional strategies without much attention to process-based variables such as language exposure and subject familiarity that can influence learning outcomes in ESL classrooms. Despite the contributions of these studies to pedagogical practices in ESL classroom students achievement in English composition has not improved significantly. However process-related variables such as quality and volume of exposure to the target language and subject familiarity have been found to predict learning outcomes in a second foreign language classroom. Therefore this study examined the relationship between language exposure and subject familiarity on achievement in narrative essay. The study tested three null hypotheses and a total of 350 participants were randomly selected from four senior secondary schools in Ibadan North Local Government Area Nigeria. Data was collected using two research instruments and the results showed a .